Classical this fall: Choral societies
÷ indicates venue is wheelchair-accessible.
For complete, updated listings, see Calendar in the Globe each Thursday.
Back Bay Chorale
Boston. 617-730-7430.
Julian Wachner, conductor. 11/21: 3 p.m., Mission Church, 1545 Tremont St.: Frank Martin's "Mass for Two Choirs," works by Finzi, Vaughan Williams; $15, $22. 12/17: 7:30 p.m., Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Ave., "Carols from the Oxford Collection"; $15.
Boston Cecilia
÷ 617-232-4540.
8 p.m. unless noted. $11-$85. Donald Teeters, conductor. 9/18: All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon St., Brookline, concert to benefit church, $15. Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Teeters and David Tiedman, piano; Teeters, Keith Glavash, and Judith Zuckerman, conductors. Works by Fine, Schickele, Britten; spirituals, hymns, folk songs. 12/3 8 p.m., Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, and 12/5, 3 p.m., All Saints Parish: "Noel chantons ici," works by Charpentier, Poulenc; French carols. 1/1: Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston: Haydn's "The Creation"; 6:30 p.m., pre-concert lecture by Stephen Jay Gould. [Get directions to All Saints Parish or Church of the Advent].
The Cantata Singers
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. ÷ 617-267-6502. [Get directions].
11/12-11/13: 8 p.m., pre-concert talk 7 p.m. $15-$42. David Hoose conducts Bach's "Mass in B Minor."
Chorus pro Musica
Boston. 617-267-7442.
8 p.m. $15-$25. Jeffrey Rink, conductor. 11/6: Converse Hall, Tremont Temple, 138 Tremont St., premiere of Leon Biriotti's "Sinfonia da Requiem" dedicated to victims of the Holocaust; Britten's "Chichester Psalms." With Elizabeth Keusch, soprano; Newton Symphony. 12/17: Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., ÷ "In the Midst of Winter," holiday program. [Get directions to the Old South Church].
Handel & Haydn Society
Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston, unless noted. ÷ 617-266-3605. [Get directions].
$19-$65. Christopher Hogwood, music director. 10/7: 8 p.m., Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, ÷ Robert Spano conducts Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, Cantata BWV 106; Handel's "Dixit dominus." 10/29 7:30 p.m., 10/31 3 p.m.: Hogwood conducts Handel's "Semele" with Meredith Hall, David Walker, Theodora Hanslowe, Mark Padmore. 12/3 7:30 p.m., 12/4 2 p.m., 12/5 3 p.m., 12/6 7:30 p.m.: Andrew Parrott conducts Handel's "Messiah," Mozart version. 12/16 8 p.m., 12/19, 3 p.m.: Jordan Hall, John Finney conducts Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols," works by Palestrina, Gabrieli, Pinkham. [Get directions to Jordan Hall].
Masterworks Chorale
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. ÷ 617-496-2222. [Get directions].
11/14: 3 p.m. $15-$29. Allen Lannom conducts Beethoven's "Missa solemnis" with Carole Haber, Mary Westbrook-Geha, Mark Evans, Robert Honeysucker.
New England Bach Festival
Vermont locations unless noted. 802-257-4526.
$5-$50 depending on date. Blanche Moyse, conductor. Call for lecture schedule. 10/9-10/10: 2 p.m., Persons Auditorium, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" with Jon Humphrey, Evangelist; John Shirley-Quirk, Jesus; David Ripley, Pilate; Hyunah Yu, Mary Westbrook-Geha, Frederick Urrey, Sanford Sylvan. 10/11: 10 a.m., West Village Meeting House, West Brattleboro, master class with Sanford Sylvan, baritone. 10/13: 8 p.m., St. Michael's Catholic Church, Brattleboro, sonatas and solo suites. 10/16: 8 p.m., Memorial Chapel, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Gill, Mass., Peter Sykes, organ; Bach program. 10/17: 3 p.m., Persons Auditorium, Marlboro, 90th birthday concert for Moyse. [Get directions to Marlboro College or the West Village Meeting House].
Festival Children's Choir Free. 10/3: 10 a.m., Guilford Community Church, Guilford. 10/10: 10 a.m., St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Brattleboro. 10/17: 10:30 a.m., St. Michael's Catholic Church, Brattleboro. [Get directions to St. Michael's Episcopal Church].
Spectrum Singers
617-492-8902. John Ehrlich, conductor.
11/20: 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston, Handel's "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day," Bach's "Magnificat" with Janet Brown, Pamela Dellal, William Hite, Robert Honeysucker; Handel's Concerto Grosso in D; $20, $30. 12/12: 3 p.m., First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, ÷ family Christmas program; $10. [Get directions to Emmanuel Church or First Church Congregational].
